Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, MARCH 3rd 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
45 articles
MURDAUGH, ALEX, LIFE, PRISON
Disgraced South Carolina attorney and convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh will face his fate Friday morning when he is sentenced in the brutal shooting deaths of his wife and son.
The proceedings at Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro come just a day after
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HONOR, MEDAL, VIETNAM, BLACK
Black Vietnam vet finally awarded Medal of Honor
An 83-year-old Vietnam veteran is finally getting his due. President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to Ret. Col. Paris Davis, one of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat, nearly
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BIDEN, REMOVED, CANCEROUS, LESION
President Biden had a "cancerous" skin lesion removed from his chest as part of his comprehensive health assessment in February, according to the White House.
Biden's doctor revealed in a late Friday afternoon memo that skin tissue was removed during his health
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BIDEN, COVID, BILL, HOUSE
House Republicans will follow the Senate in attempting to pass a bill that would require the Biden administration to declassify intelligence related to any potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origins of the novel coronavirus.
The
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CHILD, MAYOR, MARYLAND, CHARGES
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg reportedly mentored the disgraced former College Park, Maryland, mayor facing 56 child porn-related charges, and, according to the accused, they even enjoyed a beer together.
Patrick Wojahn, the 47-year-old gay Democrat
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NOBEL, YEARS, 10, BELARUS
Ales Bialiatski in the defendants’ cage in a Minsk, Belarus, courtroom at the start of a hearing in January.
A Belarusian court sentenced Ales Bialiatski, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October for his decades of defending human rights in Belarus,
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BIDEN, CRIME, DC, LAW
Give President Joe Biden democracy, self-rule, and statehood for Washington, D.C. But not yet.
Yesterday, Biden announced he would not veto Congress’s override of a new criminal code for D.C. passed by its city council. “I support D.C. Statehood and home-rule—but
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POWER, TORNADOES, TEXAS, SOUTH
CNN —
A storm system that brought golf ball-sized hail and tornadoes to the South, spurred wind gusts strong enough to topple tractor-trailer trucks, and left more than 300,000 without power continues to march Friday toward the Northeast, threatening torrential
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JR, TRUMP, BANK, MXM
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UPDATE: PNC has now reinstated the MxM account, asserting that the closure was “a good faith error”:
PNC Financial Services Group reopened an
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POLL, BIDEN, VOTERS, COMPANIES
Most likely voters believe it is inappropriate for the government to invest taxpayer dollars in companies linked to China, a Convention of States Action/Trafalgar Group survey released this week found.
The survey asked, “Do you think it’s appropriate for the
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TENNESSEE, DRAG, BAN, SHOWS
Tennessee has become the first state to enact a law this year prohibiting sexually explicit drag shows where they may be viewed by children, reacting to concerns about the upswing of drag queens entertaining kids in schools and public libraries.
Republican
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DESANTIS, REPUBLICANS, 2024, PRESIDENTIAL
CNN —
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis used a 40-minute speech before a room full of donors Thursday night to cement himself as the governor who will go places other Republicans will not – characterizing other GOP leaders as sitting back “like potted plants,” according
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SCHOLZ, BIDEN, UKRAINE, HOUSE
Still, she added a note of caution: “We have not seen China do anything yet as it relates to lethal weapons and we believe that Russia’s war in Ukraine has put China in a difficult position to actually move forward in that direction.”
In a statement on Friday,
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ABORTION, WALGREENS, PILL, STATES
Walgreens confirmed Thursday that it will not sell abortion pills in states where attorneys general object to its distribution, even in states where that method of abortion remains legal.
The pharmacy giant announced the decision after Republican attorneys
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AMAZON, HEADQUARTERS, VIRGINIA, PAUSES
Amazon pauses construction in Virginia on its second headquarters
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NEW YORK — Amazon is pausing construction of its second headquarters in Virginia following the biggest round of layoffs
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GARLAND, UKRAINE, GENERAL, ATTORNEY
CNN —
Attorney General Merrick Garland made an unannounced trip to Ukraine on Friday, according to a Justice Department official, his second trip to the country after Russia invaded a little more than a year ago.
The trip was not announced for security reasons,
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ELLSBERG, PAPERS, CANCER, PENTAGON
Daniel Ellsberg, who copied and leaked documents that revealed secret details of U.S. strategy in the Vietnam War and became known as the Pentagon Papers, says he has terminal cancer and months to live
WASHINGTON -- Daniel Ellsberg, who copied and leaked documents
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TAX, YEAR, TEXAS, OFFICERS
A tax credit is among the most satisfying benefits you can turn up when preparing your return.
Unlike a deduction, which decreases the income on which you’ll be taxed, a tax credit reduces your overall tax due.
The result can mean hundreds of dollars knocked
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STUDENTS, WHITE, BLACK, SHOOTING
Newly released surveillance video shows the viral incident which took place at an Ohio elementary school, involving black students allegedly assaulting white students and forcing them to say “Black Lives Matter.”
The incident occurred at Kenwood Elementary
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KING, GERMANY, CHARLES, VISITS
Britain's King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort, walkabout to meet members of the public following a ceremony at Micklegate Bar, in York, England on Nov. 9, 2022. (James Glossop/AP)
King Charles III will travel to France and Germany for his first state
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BRAIN, EATING, AMOEBA, DIES
Health officials say a person in southwest Florida has died after being infected with an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. -- A person in southwest Florida has died after being infected with an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba, health
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SPACE, STATION, ARRIVES, CREW
SpaceX's Crew-6 astronaut mission successfully arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) early Friday morning.
The Dragon capsule, named Endeavour, docked with the ISS around 1:40 a.m. The mission ran into a slight snag just as the docking process was
Continued at Fox News...
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LAB, LEAK, COVID, THEORY
When the Wall Street Journal reported in a front-page lead story that the Department of Energy had concluded the COVID-19 pandemic resulted from a leak from China's Wuhan laboratory, you might have argued it was old news. The FBI had already, it turns out,
Continued at Town Hall...
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HUNTER, BIDEN, FIRM, JOE
A Chinese military company that was linked to Hunter Biden’s investment firm is now assisting the Russian military in the war in Ukraine, according to a report.
BHR Partners investment firm, where Hunter Biden was a board member and 10% stakeholder, worked
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